Analysis of The Beggar
He only
Saw my eyes
Because I always
Wore a niqaab when I went outside
&
Although true love was
Within arm's reach
he did not hesitate to leave
(Later that evening)
Through my veil
I watched him out the corner of my right
Eye
stare at me
And within a few seconds
he vanished behind a curtain
Leaving me behind for a second time
| Scheme | AXXX XX X X XX XA XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110 111 0111 10111111 1 1111 0111 1111011 10110 111 1111010111 1 111 0010110 11001010 1010110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 329 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on June 01, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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